* 1933 – Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

On this point, their publishing organisation, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, prefers the translation: " should be born from above ".

Their publishing company, Watch Tower, and official position magazine, The Watchtower, have asserted: " Ever since The Watchtower began to be published in July 1879 it has looked ahead into the future ... No, The Watchtower is no inspired prophet, but it follows and explains a Book of prophecy the predictions in which have proved to be unerring and unfailing till now.

One example is The Watchtower's assertions that the end of the " Gentile times " or " times of the nations " would occur in 1914 ; even prominent Watch Tower representatives such as A. H. Macmillan incorrectly concluded and overstated their expectations.

** Frederick William Franz, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and 4th President of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society ( b. 1893 )

* August 9 – Milton G. Henschel, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and 5th President of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society ( d. 2003 )

* Hayden C. Covington ( 1911 – 1978 ), legal counsel for the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

Prominent Bible Students A. H. Macmillan and J. F. Rutherford were both appointed pilgrims before they joined the board of directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ; the IBSA later adopted the name Jehovah's Witnesses and renamed pilgrims as traveling overseers.

Beginning in July 1879 he began publishing a monthly religious journal, Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence.

In 1881 he co-founded Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society and in 1884 the corporation was officially registered, with Russell as president.

) The Watch Tower Society officially states that it ceased publication of Russell's writings in 1927, though his books continue to be published by several independent groups.

Later in his career he accepted without protest that many Bible Students viewed him as the " faithful and wise servant " of Matthew 24: 45, and was described by the Watch Tower after his death as having been made " ruler of all the Lord's goods ".

Those who maintained fellowship with the Watch Tower Society adopted the name Jehovah's witnesses in 1931, while those who severed ties with the Society formed their own groups including the Pastoral Bible Institute in 1918, the Laymen's Home Missionary Movement in 1919, and the Dawn Bible Students Association in 1929.

Russell blamed the marriage breakup on disagreements over Maria's insistence for a greater editorial role in Zion's Watch Tower magazine, though a later court judgment noted that he had labelled the marriage " a mistake " three years before the dispute over her editorial ambitions had arisen.

The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures ( NWT ) is a translation of the Bible published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in 1961 ; it is used and distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses.

As of 2012, the Watch Tower Society has published 174 million copies of the New World Translation in 110 language editions.

In October 1946, the president of the Watch Tower Society, Nathan H. Knorr, proposed a fresh translation of the New Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses usually refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures.

... We heartily recommend the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures, published in 1950 by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.

* List of Watch Tower Society publications

The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and its precursor organization, Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society, considers the Great Apostasy to have properly begun before the death of the last Apostle, along with the warning signs and precursors starting shortly after Jesus ' ascension.

The Tour du Guet ( Watch Tower ), situated in Calais Nord on the Places d ' Armes, is one of the few surviving pre-war buildings.

Disfellowshipping follows a decision of a judicial committee established by a local congregation that a member is guilty of a " serious sin ", including " fornication, adultery, homosexuality, greed, extortion, thievery, lying, drunkenness, reviling, spiritism, murder, idolatry, apostasy, and the causing of divisions in the congregation "; Watch Tower publications cite sexual immorality as the most common reason.

The midweek meeting, typically held in the evening, includes a question-and-answer " Congregation Bible Study " ( 25 minutes ) based on a Watch Tower Society publication ,; the " Theocratic Ministry School " ( 30 minutes ), designed to train Witnesses in public speaking and proselytizing using talks and rehearsals of doorstop sermons ; and the " Service Meeting " ( 35 minutes ), following an agenda set in the Society's monthly newsletter Our Kingdom Ministry to train Witnesses to participate in the public ministry.

* Associated Jehovah's Witnesses for Reform on Blood-A site that promotes reform of the Watch Tower Society's blood doctrine.

The religion's doctrines surrounding 1914 are the legacy of a series of emphatic claims regarding the years 1799, 1874, 1878, 1914, 1918 and 1925 made in the Watch Tower Society's publications between 1879 and 1924.

Bible Student Alexander H. Macmillan, who served as an aide to the executive committee, later wrote that tensions at the Watch Tower Society headquarters mounted as the day for election of the Society's officers approached.

Based in the Watch Tower Society's Brooklyn, New York headquarters, the organization is headed by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, with members of the Body and " helpers " organized into six committees responsible for various administrative functions within the global Witness community, including publication, assembly programs and evangelizing activity.

District overseers are appointed to oversee a number of circuits ; his responsibilities include spending a week with the circuit overseer of each circuit, and teaching students of the Watch Tower Society's Bible School for Single Brothers.

In early 1917 a disagreement arose between the members of the Editorial Committee of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society ( the Bible Student Movement founded by Charles Taze Russell ) over Russell's arrangements for the Editorial Committee outlined in his Last Will and Testament and the Society's official Charter.

Following a dispute in the movement's leadership, supporters of the Watch Tower Society's president, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, adopted the name Jehovah's witnesses in 1931.

Franz refused the Watch Tower Society's offer of a monthly stipend as a member of the " Infirm Special Pioneers ".

Since September 2008, the songs have also been made available for download at the Watch Tower Society's media site, jw. org.

Jesse Hemery was appointed overseer of the Watch Tower Society's British Isles branch office by Russell in 1901, holding that post until 1946.

He began publishing his own views using the Watch Tower Society's printing equipment in 1917, and was ousted from the Watch Tower Society by Rutherford in 1919.

In 1928 Norman Woodworth, following intense personal disagreement with the new policies of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and actions of the Society's President, Joseph Rutherford, left to create the radio program Frank and Ernest with the help of the Brooklyn congregation of Bible Students.

Down to the time of the Coronation of George III, which took place on 22 September 1761, corporal was only another word for Exon, as may be seen on referring to the official programme of the Coronation, wherein mention is made of “ the Corporals or Exons of the Yeomen of the Guard .” The exempt in the French Garde du corps always had charge of the Night Watch, and the Exon is the English Body Guard was especially appointed for that service.

Vimes then recruits the Watch into his own private army regiment, reasoning that, as an official noble, he is entitled to do so by law and by Lord Rust's command, with the group remaining independent as knights legally fall under command of the king or his duly-appointed representatives, neither of which exist in Ankh-Morpork.

* 1891: Webb C. Ball establishes first Railway Watch official guidelines for Railroad chronometers.

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Webb C. Ball establishes first Railway Watch official guidelines for Railroad chronometers.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program, although not an official certifying body like the MSC, also provides guidance on the sustainability of certain fish species.

Its Byzantine name derives from the high official known as the Drungary of the Watch.

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" Hanny Megally, Executive director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch, stated in 2002 " The practice of torture in Saudi Arabia is well documented ", According to the Human Rights Watch World Report 2003, " Torture under interrogation of political prisoners and criminal suspects continued ", and the 2006 report notes that " Arbitrary detention, mistreatment and torture of detainees, restrictions on freedom of movement, and lack of official accountability remain serious concerns ".

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In 2002, Human Rights Watch and the Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry issued a report which alleged that Chinese dissidents, independent labour organisers, whistle-blowers and individuals who complain about official misconduct have been labelled " political maniacs " and locked up in mental hospitals simply for opposing the government.